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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Known for his glass sculpture






2. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






3. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






4. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






5. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






6. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






7. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






8. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






9. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






10. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






11. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






12. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






13. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






14. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






15. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






16. Creates blue dye






17. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






18. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






19. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






20. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






21. The amount of light reflected by a hue






22. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






23. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






24. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






25. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






26. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






27. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






28. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






29. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






30. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






31. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






32. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






33. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






34. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






35. Pale green






36. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






37. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






38. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






39. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






40. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






41. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






42. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






43. Renowned for paintings and prints






44. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






45. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






46. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






47. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






48. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






49. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






50. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.